Cantor issued this statement last night after the president’s address to the joint session:
Tonight the President failed to say anything different or offer clear specifics, and with that in mind the reason for this over hyped speech is strangely unclear. The President has now delivered over 100 speeches where he?s discussed health care and said the same thing. He’s held prime time press conferences, hosted television specials from the White House, and addressed a joint-session of Congress and only thing he?s made explicitly clear is that the status quo is unacceptable, a fact that we all agree on. While the President continues to blame unnamed special interests and Republicans, the fact is that the Democrats overwhelmingly control both the House and the Senate. The President and his party have failed to lead by offering reform that Americans are comfortable with. Families understand that a costly government-run plan will force them to pay more and get less.
Was he paying attention? How could he know what the president said?
Isn’t this disrespect of the president?
Tags: blackberry, Eric Cantor, Health Care Reform
Not only is it disrespect of the President, it is also in direct contrast to what he himself stated about how the GOP would behave during the address. Cantor said that the GOP would be attentive during the President’s address. He didn’t look attentive when he was on his blackberry.